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Tag: Free Comic Book Day

February 6, 2020 by Esther Keller

Free Comic Book Day 2020

Esther looks forward to Free Comic Book Day (May 2) with a roundup of some of the kid-friendly selections that feature old favorites and new series.

May 4, 2019 by Lori Henderson

Today Is Free Comic Book Day!

Check out a list of the titles available for Free Comic Book Day 2019 for all ages.

May 4, 2018 by Johanna

Free Comic Book Day Comic Highlights

As Esther previously wrote, this coming Saturday, May 5, is this year’s Free Comic Book Day. There are 50 different comics that could potentially be available at participating stores, so this is necessarily a brief rundown of the Gold Sponsor All Ages titles. Also, please remember that this national holiday for comics is free to […]

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Free Comic Book Day

May 2, 2018 by Esther Keller

It’s hard to believe that Free Comic Book Day has been around for 16 years. But this Saturday the 16th annual Free Comic Book Day is happening. Make sure to check out your local comic book shop for a selection of free comics. You can see the selection of comics that might be offered at […]

First round of Free Comic Book Day titles announced

December 17, 2013 by Brigid Alverson

It’s not even Christmas yet, but the folks behind Free Comic Book Day are already thinking about next spring. Free Comic Book Day (often abbreviated as FCBD) is a promotional event designed to bring customers into brick-and-mortar comics shops with the promise of free comics, selections from a special set put together for the occasion. […]

Free Comic Book Day Special Preview: Archaia’s FCBD Comic

May 4, 2013 by Brigid Alverson

Today is Free Comic Book Day, the national holiday that celebrates all things sequential. Check the official website for a list of comic book stores that will be offering special FCBD comics to all comers today—and the site also has a list of the comics. And to tide you over, here are a series of […]

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Links: FCBD follow-up

May 14, 2012 by Katherine Dacey

John Jakala compares Marvel’s Free Comic Book Day offering Avengers: Age of Ultron Point One with its original incarnation as Avengers 12.1 and discovers a key difference: in the original version, Spider-Woman is naked. “Why not [choose] something that would be appropriate for all ages, such as an issue of the old Marvel Adventures: The […]

Free Comic Book Day – Saturday May 5th!

May 5, 2012 by Mike Pawuk

Free Comic Book Day is once again here this Saturday, May 5. Now in its tenth year, it’s the annual celebration of comic book stores and the love of reading, and best of all, there are some great free comic books made especially for the day. What is Free Comic Book Day, you ask? It’s […]

Links: Ladies who lunch

December 5, 2011 by Katherine Dacey

Lunch Lady creator Jarrett J. Krosoczka sits down with his hometown newspaper to discuss his career. “My grandparents were brave enough to send me to college to study art and I’m sure that was a difficult decision for them,” Krosoczka told the Worcester Telegram & Gazette. “But sending me to classes here [at the Worcester […]

Links: Boys don’t read?

May 16, 2011 by Katherine Dacey

Over at The Huffington Post, author Charles London tackles a question that’s been on many educators’ minds of late: how can teachers and parents encourage boys to read more? His argument is that boys are readers, but the kind of material that appeals to them often falls outside the canon of approved kid-lit. “Even when […]

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